I was always making things. I made model airplanes and did a number of hands-on activities. I liked creating in some form or another, not realizing what it was all about.

Charles Burchfield was exceptional. As such an accomplished artist, he had limited previous association with academia and teaching.

I think I was really naïve. I had no context to think about what I wanted to do. Each step was a next stage of exploration.

My parents never prevented me from doing anything, but they didn't have the knowledge of the arts that Mrs. Ranger had.

There was a certain amount of discipline, I think; my parents wanted to be sure that I was not just sitting around doing nothing.

Christianity began in Palestine as an experience, it moved to Greece and became a philosophy, it moved to Italy and became an institution, it moved to Europe and became a culture, and it moved to America and became a business! We've left the experience long behind.

I think it was interesting that when you're in those formative years you respond to things that interest you and don't always know where they lead. But they accumulate and add up to something that enriches your later life or leads you to some new experience.